Frases de Muhammad Ali

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“A amizade é a coisa mais difícil do mundo para explicar. Não é algo que você aprende na escola. Mas se você não aprendeu o significado da amizade, você realmente não aprendeu nada.”

“Não conte os dias, faça os dias contarem.”

“Se a minha mente pode conceber isto; e o meu coração pode acreditar nisto - então eu posso alcança-lo.”

“A força de vontade deve ser mais forte do que a habilidade.”

“É difícil ser modesto quando se é tão bom como eu.”

“É a ausência de fé que faz as pessoas temerem os desafios. Eu tenho fé em mim mesmo.”

“Vôo como uma borboleta, pico como uma abelha, você não pode bater no que não pode ver!”

“Campeões não são feitos em academias. Campeões são feitos de algo que eles têm profundamente dentro de si - um desejo, um sonho, uma visão.”

“Procurei conselhos e colaboração de todos aqueles que me rodeavam, mas jamais a sua permissão.”

“O homem que não tem imaginação não tem asas.”

“Aquele que vê o mundo aos 50 anos da mesma forma que o via aos 20 desperdiçou 30 anos de sua vida.”

“Não quero meu nome pisado por pessoas que não me respeitam.”

“That's the only way you gonna save this sucker. He's doomed.”

“I've got a lot of white associates. Elijah Muhammad, is the one who preached that the white man of America, number one, is the Devil. He's been preaching — he never mentioned England. England's people have never lynched us, raped us, castrated us, tarred and feathered us, burned us up, pulled our sockets apart, stick knives in pregnant women's stomachs, enslaved us, rob us of our names, our knowledge, our — Elijah Mohammad's been preaching that the white man of America – God taught him – is the blue-eyed, blond-headed Devil! No good in him, no justice, he's gonna be destroyed! His rule is over. He is the Devil!”

“I'd like for them to say he took a few cups of love, he took one tablespoon of patience, teaspoon of generosity, one pint of kindness. He took one quart of laughter, one pinch of concern, and then, he mix willlingness with happiness, he added lots of faith, and he stired it up well, then he spreads it over his span of a lifetime, and he served it to each and every deserving person he met.”

“There live a great man named Joe
who was belittled by a loudmouth foe.
While his rival would taunt and tease
Joe silently bore the stings.
And then fought like gladiator in the ring.”

“If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.”

“Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.”

“I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world… True Muslims know that the ruthless violence of so called Islamic Jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion… We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda… They have alienated many from learning about Islam. True Muslims know or should know that it goes against our religion to try and force Islam on anybody.”

“Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step”

“To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.”